Why dudes like Ramchop make me stay away from TST.
by mooseknuckles41 on May 17, 2010 12:01 AM CDT
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First and foremost, I love the Rams. I watch the games, I read the blogs, official site, Sando, and even that crap the Post Dispatch prints. I wear the jersey and hat, I had PSLs (before I moved). I freaking love the Rams. I live and die with them. This is not dissimilar in attitude of 99% of you guys.
This is where it gets tricky for me: Sport in general, and the NFL specifically, serve the purpose of escapism. You have a crappy day at work, your car is making a weird noise, your girlfriend wants you to go to that wedding of her friend who you hate. I find myself in those uncomfortable, all-too-depressing, sobering moments where my only mental escape from the stark and harsh reality of actual life is standing in the shower and wondering to myself "How quickly will Jerome Morgan get into the CB rotation if Fletcher's knee isn't 100% at the start of training camp?".
To me, the Rams don't represent any type of tangible reality. The NFL as played out on Sunday's in the fall, and through the free agent period, draft etc are a masculine soap opera. We know the characters and the drama unfolds before us. We latch onto our favorites and overflow with foolish nervous anxiety and optimism. I can be bossed around at work, be made to pay my taxes or a traffic ticket, but the time I spend with the Rams is mine, and mine alone.
The reason I presently single out a poster like Ramchop (who is a edpjr reincarnate) is not because I have any sort of personal vendetta, or disagree with any voice of dissent. I accept dissenting voices, and believe they are the basis for healthy and interesting conversation. I take issue with those of us who approach discussion of our beloved Rams with the single-minded ethos of being realistic in our hopes and expectations. To see earnest, positive, passionate fans endure ire and ridicule on the pages of TST makes my world of escapist fanhood shatter.
I applaud the work of VanRam, 3k, Coach, StlCardfang, ramrod, etc.. Most of the guys who make this place great present a level of respectful professionalism, constructive criticism, and optimism. In football terms, these guys are more like Herm Edwards ("We CAN BUILD on this!") than Denny Green ("You wanna crown 'em? Give 'em a damn crown?!").
I refuse to be told to be "realistic" about the team that gets my pigskin juices flowing. In my mind, there's no reason to think that Bradford can't be ROY or for Animal Jr to double last year's stellar output. I think Donnie Avery could be the next Marvin Harrison. I think Chris Long will put it all together. I think a Hank Fraley will do a great job when we need him to fill in at C in week 10. I think Pat Shurmur will learn from his mistakes last year, and devise a better playbook, and a more balanced playcalling strategy. I think Spags could be coach of the year if we win 8 or 9 games, and I think we can win freaking 8 or 9 games!
I think all of these things because I'm a fan. Never played in the NFL, never coached, not even a waterboy. I'm a fan who channels all of my frustration, hope, integrity, ambition, anticipation, confidence, and pie-in-the-sky dreams onto the backs of those wearing the Rams uniform. They could go 0-15, and because I rely on these young men to keep my own sanity, I will watch the opening kickoff of week 17 thinking we have a chance.
I'll keep rooting for the Rams and processing their every game, camp and roster move until it's not fun anymore. But some of the crappiest NFL seasons on record have slid through St. Louis in the last few years, and I still haven't wavered. That's because I approach every season and off-season with little more than a daydream glimmer of aspiration. Those jerks wearing the blue & gold are already of a divine form of catharsis. Winning is just going to make it that much better.
So, tell me to be a better speller, make better jokes, know more about zone blitzing schemes, or underneath routes. But don't tell me or anyone else to view our gridiron heroes with cynical-tinted glasses. There's far too much actual real life bullshit to deal with. From where I sit, I see us winning games, selling out the dome, and returning to glory. There's not a goddamn person who can tell me that's not realistic.
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Seriously that is one of the best posts
i have read here cause it almost perfectly encapsulates my feelings for the Rams. I’m not so blind as to think there aren’t things that should be worked on or improved but that’ll never dent my enthusiasm for the upcoming season. Whether we win or we lose, whether I’m deleriously happy by a remarkable overtime win or devastated by a blow out defeat it won’t stop me looking forward to the next game.
Honestly mooseknuckles41 don’t stay away cause your obvious passion for the team we love is what a community like this thrives on. I know i for one appreciate it.
Thanks, stoned
Means a lot to me. I know we’re in the majority. We love this team. We’re just waiting for it to love us back. That will be a beautiful Sunday. Hopefully in February.
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by mooseknuckles41 on May 17, 2010 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions
good call.
pwn some noobs with 2010 Rams and get a higher rate of gamer points. gilyard ftw!
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by mooseknuckles41 on May 17, 2010 12:39 AM CDT up reply actions
+1
I do it every year. ppl talk crap on their mics, “what the rams, imma kill this guy” And when the final score comes around if they dont quit in the 1st with the cowboys, saints, etc. its a blowout in my favor. cant wait. bradford to gilyard ftw.
when I played madden 2010 I hated the bums we had at QB so I created one and the number I gave him was 8
then the samchise comes along and chooses number 8…weird eh?
by Buck Nasty87 on May 17, 2010 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I plugged in Vick
for the heck of it when we were rumored to be going after him. Vick to Avery all day was great.
But um, that number 8 coincidence sounds like the good kind of weird. Prophet Buck Nasty87?
Hmmm
And I went 15-1 with ole number 8. Wouldnt mind that coming true as well.
by Buck Nasty87 on May 17, 2010 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions
i updated my rosters
with all the off season changes and 1st 3 rounds of the draft. so far in my all madden franchise 3 and 3. king ram second in yards behind ole drew brees. defense sucks. cant get a sack to save my life lol. guess its not that far from the truth.
Unfortunately, 99% of the populace don't feel that way. People won't fill the Ed Jones Dome to watch losers.
No network will ever nationally televise a Rams game. Subscribers will stop buying the Sunday satellite feeds. Eventually, the Rams will move back to LA and a bigger market, which suits me fine.
Excellent post moose
The thing is I love the rams to death but it’s tiring to hear pesimists come here and just spew garbage. It just makes the site a little less pleasant. But it’s refreshing to hear someone who share the same views as me. I don’t know why you don’t post more often
Per fas et nefas - Latin translation="By Any Means Necessary"
Lucky Habte E, how can I get that same treatment? I'm with you Habte E (even though I didn't like the Bradford pick, I stopped complaining about it).
I can take a beating ... I'm a Rams fan.
by Midasknight on May 18, 2010 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Haha I'm not sure. I'm just lucky I guess
But I’d like to say thank you for just taking the Bradford pick like a man and joining the rest of us. I’ll admit after watching the Big 12 national championship game I already had a set image of suh playing in blue and gold just like every other rams fan did but I got used to the idea of a QB that would make us competitive in a QB drivin league.
Per fas et nefas - Latin translation="By Any Means Necessary"
Moose
Well said man! From one regular to another…Stay up.
I look forward to every FA period, every Draft, every mini-camp, and of course the start of the season.
Now that we have Kevin Payne on the site posting, I’m thinking that this blog has evolved to something more than any other media outlet wish they could provide.
Thanks Cali..
I dig the KP posts too. As much as I love his bowling tales (btw, KP- check out Tropicana Lanes in RIchmond Heights. Sweet lanes.) I’m really looking forward to some updates from OTAs and Rams Park. I hope he gives us some awesome insight.
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by mooseknuckles41 on May 17, 2010 1:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Well said Moose...
…I’ve been a fan since watching Dickerson run while sat on my Daddy’s knee (i’m only 29 yo) Since then one thing never changed for me – how much I love this team. I’m not even American but I love the game and the Rams. Every offseason I snaffle up as much info as I can find about my beloved Rams. Every year I believe we can win the division and make the playoffs. I trust the FO and I believe they are doing the right thing by building the team through the draft. I understand frustration at the lack of success over the past few years. It’s been difficult to watch at times (I buy the Game Pass package every year from NFL.com which allows me watch every Rams game live online). I truly believe the team is headed in the right direction. I look at our division and I believe we can win it next season.
Perfectly stated.
The Rams are a welcome break for me as well. There isn’t a day that goes by where i’m not thinking about the team, seriously.
I find myself thinking where I would be right now if not for the Rams… and also, if I hadn’t found this COMMUNITY.
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi
thanks Irish and Pete.
you guys make this community worth visiting.
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by mooseknuckles41 on May 17, 2010 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I guess I should apologize for
my rant during the draft. I shit all over this blog and let my ass show more than usual. I am sorry because it’s not the way I want people to think of me but, if they do, I have only myself to blame. I do have a slight anger problem and need to be more cognizant of it’s effect on my psyche. I probably won’t fix that though, but not for lack of trying.
Bottom line. you all didn’t deserve it, and my personal attacks on Shostag and Ramon were unacceptable. I’ve been kind of flying under the radar lately while I attempt to clean egg off my face.
The draft is the highlight of my year and I dedicate many long nights and days to reading up on players, teams, and their performances. I love College footbal and have probably 20 favorite teams that I watch whenever I can. You can also find film, and write-ups on everyone in the game, so I don’t have to rely on others opinions and can form draft boards and mocks without Walter, Drafttek, CBS, NFL Draftsite, or any others. although I do find them insightful. Anyway, though I dedicate a lot of time to the draft, it doesn’t excuse the way I acted, when it didn’t go nearly close to the way I wanted or even expected.
I probably should’ve put this in a Fanpost of it’s own but I don’t want to appear to take Mooses idea, and I can’t help but feel like I may be part of the problem. So there it is , I’m sorry to everyone, especially Shostag, and Ramon. If I missed someone, my apology extends to anyone who felt offended or pissed off.
by dbcouver on May 17, 2010 11:19 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
takes balls to own it.
proud of ya.
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by mooseknuckles41 on May 17, 2010 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions
dbcouver
Hey man I don’t think Moose was picking on anyone in particular really so don’t get hard on yourself.
Emotions run high here, and as a matter of fact I can count several of my comments and posts that may have seemed really negative.. but only because I LOVE the St Louis Rams… with my heart and soul.
If you didn’t care, you wouldn’t be expressing your opinions brother.
Even ed, as much as his posts can really drag folks down, sometimes we need a reality check (some may have gone overboard I will agree) but don’t let those reality checks destroy your love for the team.
Love y’all and, “Viva St Louis Rams!!!”
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi
pete's right. nothing but love for dbcouver.
who else besides you and 3k is going to watch all those obscure playoff subdivision college games and report back here?
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by mooseknuckles41 on May 17, 2010 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
None needed
I am glad we have fans that really get excited about the team and am also glad we have fans with differing opinions. I respected you and your draft knowledge I just disagree with your conclusions. I also respect you a little more for this post. Cheers and I hope you don’t mellow out too much cause if we all agree on everything it will be a boring blog.
It is milk it may be spilled it may be delicious.
You disappoint me more than anyone on TST db.
I could care less what the pie-in-the-sky, everything’s gonna be just great, clowns think. But you said what you felt in your heart about the Rams draft. And now you retract it, plus apologise to the daydreamers? Sad day for me.
Ed, I'm afraid they are all sad days for you
I used to enjoy your posts because you said what you felt, and it happened to be pretty close to my position on any given issue for our team. However, as my membership here began to result in getting to know everyone on here, my opinion of you has probably changed more than that of anyone else. The difference between you and me became more vast, in that, as time wore on, your demeanor worsened. I’m not saying mine didn’t get worse but I do enjoy this blog, the Rams and football altogether. It’s the greatest game to watch in the world.
As I got to know some of the other bloggers, I began to realize, they are all pretty much like me, but they’ve come to appreciate the good as well as acknowledge the bad. Something I need to work on badly. All you see is “sunshine blowers and daydreamers,” because you’re looking so hard for the negative and you’re frustrated because you can’t find anyone else to share your misery. Scrooge, himself, would be taken aback by your discontent.
The darkness in ones heart, that it takes to justify this constant criticism of people for their positive outlook, didn’t begin here at TST, or even with any negative event in Rams history. The hole in your heart which you will claim does not exist, is due to something happening or not happening in your past. Maybe your mad because you were born, I don’t know, but everyones tired of it. Your negative posts would have more credibility if they were speckled with a few sincere positive ones.
You used some pretty disparaging language in your good-bye-cruel-world post, and I feel it’s ironic that you are inviting Moose to "not let the screen door hit you in the as*’, when you, yourself actually took a temporary hiatus under the cloak of frustration at the "daydreamers.
By the way I didn’t exactly retract what I felt, I apologized for the way I expressed it. So anyway buddy old pal, I’m very different from you. Hopefully that will change, because I don’t “like it that way”
I won’t ask you to not let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya. And, Ed, I suggest you take another gander in the direction of the comments posted in response to your gbcw post, and see if calling these people clowns is really what you think is the right thing to do.
Hallejula,
Holy Shit,
Wheres the Tylenol?
No you're not. Every one of his posts as 'lmao' in it.
But you’re both as negative, true. But he’s more a follower and you’re just venom.
I can take a beating ... I'm a Rams fan.
by Midasknight on May 18, 2010 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions
has
I can take a beating ... I'm a Rams fan.
by Midasknight on May 18, 2010 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Well said, Moose.
I’ve been thinking of giving up on the site as well. I know the Rams don’t have a good team yet, and I don’t realistically expect them to win many games this year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun. We don’t need to constantly be negative, negative, negative. Hang in there and let’s hope for better days, both on the site and with the Rams.
i'll stick around if you do. capice?
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by mooseknuckles41 on May 17, 2010 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey, it's a love-in!
Excuse me for not joining right in. Ya see, I live in the REAL world, not La-La land. I like smashmouth winning football. That’s something alot of you guys, especially Bullwinkle, have forgotten all about. Another things, the STL Rams are not the source of my happiness or the focus of my life. They’re just my favorite NFL fb team. Right now they happen to suck, and I’m not happy about it. So, don’t let the screen door hit you in as* on the way out of TST Moosehead. Cause I ain’t goin’ nowhere. I’m gonna keep on tellin’ it just like it is. Everytime the FO or Coaches make a dumb move, I’m gonna say what I think. Everytime we get some washed up castoff FA cause our owners don’t giva sh*t about winning fb, I’m gonna complain. Everytime we pick two TE’s in draft and wait till the 7th round to get a DT, I’m gonna say we’re idiots. You pie-in-the-sky believers in fairy tales keep trusting in the Rams management that we can take 10 good players outta 50+ and hope to compete with the hated Niners and Hawks. Meanwhile, I’ll call ‘em like I see ’em. Even though it pains me to have to grudgingly agree with Petey King who just said today that despite the draft (and Sammy) we’re still the worst team in fb. Number 32. And, it’ll be that way till we find some players who can stop the run and/or the pass every now and again. If you want to read a realistic post, see mine called “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” Or, if it’s fantasy you want, read “X-Rams on the Fringe.” Any, absolutely NO apologies and I’ll be baaack….
The way i see it
once again you have failed to read and understand what was written. If so you wouldn’t belittle those who don’t think like you. Your “REAL” world may be more likely to occur but it isn’t set in stone. You have no idea what will happen this season. You might feel that that the team will fail and you may be right but why criticize those who don’t feel that way. I understand that cause your screen name is in the title you feel under attack and this maybe a defence mechanism but to say that anyone who doesn’t share your pessimism is a “pie-in-the-sky believer in fairy tales” is an insult. Mooseknuckle makes a specific point to say that it isn’t about dissenting points of view but that anyone who opposes that view is written off as crazy and living in La La Land. I personally am fully aware of what is wrong with the organisation but i will continue to have hope that our players will stand up to be counted, that those who we write off as no talent players will become supermen. Do i expect it to happen? No. Do i have hope it will happen? You are damn right i do. I get enjoyment from watching the team play. I enjoy it more when we win but I enjoy it even if we lose and no-one here can tell me that i’m wrong to feel that way. Its about the emotional rollercoaster that football brings. I could live without the game but nothing would ever be able to replace the feelings of being emotionally attached to this team. If supporting this team brings you nothing but anger and sadness while we go through this lean spell and you can’t even develop any source of optimism for the future then why put yourself through it? I don’t want anyone who can post as succinctly as both mooseknuckles or even yourself to leave TST but at the same time i wouldn’t want anyone to feel that they couldn’t express how they really feel for fear of ridicule.
lol even i’m bored of reading this now sorry
by Stonedtodeath on May 17, 2010 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Did you even read it though?
Cause reading your other comments on this thread, if you did read it, you certainly didn’t understand it. You say you virtually abandoned the team from 1990-98. I think that says it all about you, you are a glory hunter. Not interested in the team unless they are winning. I’m really beginning to wonder if you even are a fan of the Rams. Maybe you are here as one big wind up? Who knows but what i do know is, that from reading the comments here, there are plenty of people who share my feelings for the Rams.
by Stonedtodeath on May 19, 2010 4:28 AM CDT up reply actions
There's a lot of things I could say here..
but I’ll take the high road.
Your commentary, while amusing, is a classic case of immature, antagonistic, rope-a-dope imbecilic message board rhetoric that schoolyard bullies employ.
Respectfully, I have no feeling toward your response to me, as I specifically called you out. But please know that your childish, anonymous bravado, and silly namecalling only serves to desecrate the work that the hardworking gentlemen who administer this site put in (without compensation, purely out of passion).
I have no interest in being your nemesis or hindering your right to speak your peace. My interest is in maintaining a positive community.
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by mooseknuckles41 on May 17, 2010 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
"But I’ll take the high road." lol
That’s a phrase we use at the office when we advocate someone else (not us) do a lot of hard, unnecessary work because we’re afraid to take the slightest risk and go on record ourselves as already knowing the answer. Personally, I try to take the shortest road when I’m trying to get somewhere. I guess that’s why me and 32 NFL owners won’t wait half a decade to build a winning fb team.
You're entertaining
But the “you and 32 NFL owners” was your weakest argument yet. I hope I don’t need to explain why.
I won't and the owners won't. I virtually abandoned the Rams from 1990-98. And, they were better then than they are now.
No owner will give a FO and/or coach more than 3 years to start winning these days. Even SB winners like Gruden, Billick and Shanahan found themselves out on their arses.
Abandoned the team from 90-98 but back for 99?
How convenient.
I should be working right now...
I admit I had little interest in Tony Banks, Lawrence Phillips and/or the dying days of Chuck Knox.
There was a ray of sunshine when Vermeil came aboard.
But that was in 1997,
and you said you abandoned them from 1990-98, so you didn’t come back when Vermeil came aboard. You didn’t come back until their big 1999 season. Now you hate them again. Sure sounds like a pattern to me. Why don’t you abandon them now and let the rest of us enjoy football without you?
But you've said you won't even give the team 3 years
Of course no owner is giving longer than that these days, but that hasn’t been your argument. First you said you can’t wait 3-5 years to see a winning team, then said you and 32 owners can’t wait for 5 (as if that’s the time frame we’ve all been shooting for), now you’re admitting it can take up to three. You’re saying stuff just to say it at this point.
Your biggest stance is being “realistic,” yet the turnaround you’re asking for is anything but. No one’s disagreeing with you that the team has been in bad shape, they’re disagreeing because you’re being so damn disagreeable. Big difference.
You’re a funny heel but when you take a stance of being a realist then use hyperbole and sarcasm to prove your points, then discussion becomes pointless, although I do appreciate you answering my questions straight up.
He just likes to bang away on the drum....that all.
I should be working right now...
Why do you care if some guys like to be optimistic?
What is it that causes you to attack every time someone says something the slightest bit positive about the Rams? If you want to live in a cold, black world, go to it, but why must you try to put everyone else there also? If some guys want to live in La-La Land as you put it, why not just let them do it? Do you really think your constant attacks change anyone’s mind? Why do you even want to change their mind? If you know you are right and they are wrong, then you will feel you are the person who most understands what is going on. That should make you feel good. Why try to tear everyone else down at the same time? Let them enjoy their life. Life is too short to constantly be angry and on the attack.
by andyrose on May 17, 2010 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You're not being practical and factual.
No one is buying that nonsense. You’re being 100% negative and nasty. It must be sad to live a life where that’s the only way you can get your jollies.
Oh for cryin' out loud. I know Peter King, Don Banks, John Clayton, et.al hate the Rams.
And, I laughed them off last year when they said we would be the worst NFL team in 2009. I ain’t laughing so much this time around. And, if it weren’t for Slammin Sammy, Jackson, Long, Brown, Smith, Saffold, Payne, JL, Butler, Ryan, Jones, Avery, Robinson and a handful more competent players, I’d be cryin’ out loud. The bulk of our team is still castoffs, 6-7th rounders, and backups. And I’m flat out sick and tired of us being stomped by the 49ers and Chickenhawks. Comprende?
There's 2 players in your "competent" list who haven't
played a single snap in the NFL. I donno about everyone else but we’re getting tired of you being so dang optimistic all the time RamChop shhesh (lol)
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi
You're right! I may be overly optimistic with those two new guys VT.
But it’s hard to imagine being worse than the terrible trio of Bulger, Boller and Null, or Mr. “when do I get paid?” Barron.
I know moral victories are no good in the record books but when your team just went 1-15 certain realities are inescapable. I think this is where the fundamental difference occurs between fans. While I dream every year of the Rams winning a title (i think fans of all 32 teams dream the same or else what’s the point?) I am tempered by the reality that I would consider 5 or 6 wins a massive improvement and a resounding success as part of the rebuilding process. Other fans aren’t interested in that and want immediate success next season through big FA spending and blockbuster trades to get established stars. I’m not saying either way is right or wrong. I actually believe in a combination of both, and so do the Rams FO. They went out and spent to get guys like Brown and Butler and traded for Robinson in their first few months in office.
I am also measuring success through the improvement of the level of play of the team. The roster is filled with young and unproven players. Well at some point in every superstar’s career they too were young and unproven at the NFL level The obvious examples are Brady and Colston. Both were late-round picks and both are two of the top players at their positions. All they needed was someone to take a chance on them. There’s only one way to find out what we’ve got in these guys and that’s to put them on the field. If the coaches think they’re NFL-ready then who am I to argue?
I think there’s some good young talent on this roster in players like Bradford (obviously), Avery, Robinson, Smith, Brown, Gilyard, Saffold, JL, Fletcher, Payne, Carpenter, Long. Add to this experienced vets like Jackson, Feely, Bartell, Diggs, Robbins, Hall and there’s the potential for the young players to learn alot to help their NFL development. I think it would be easy to sit back and write these players off as inexperienced or 6th/7th rounders or vet journeymen. But you have to remember that the team is in the middle of a massive overhaul and rebuilding project. Even if the roster isn’t littered with Pro-bowlers these vets perform a two-fold job by helping the young players adjust to life in the NFL and by stepping in to play until the young talent is considered ready to take over. Sure some of them won’t work out but you can say that of all 32 rosters.
BTW I have listed Feely above coz he knows the WCO inside-out and will be invaluable in Bradfords development and learning curves – not because I think he’s going to be a late bloomer
by IrishRamsFan on May 18, 2010 8:02 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
well if you disagree i invite you to retort
I am all for debate and disagreement but you have to be able to make a case for your arguement intead of just name-calling and making snide remarks
by IrishRamsFan on May 19, 2010 2:02 AM CDT up reply actions
LOL? read it again dumba*s
the line with Feely mentioned doesn’t refer to him as a great talent or our saviuor or anything like it – he’s a veteran who knows the system inside out and as such is invaluable to helping Bradford get the terminology, timing and footwork down. Remember the system bradford came from in college – the WCO is othing like it and he’s got a steep learning curve. The fact that you don’t realize the value of teaching says it all about you. You’re an angry little man and I feel sad for you
by IrishRamsFan on May 19, 2010 1:50 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
dude, tell me about it.
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by mooseknuckles41 on May 17, 2010 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Nice post Moose!
I was going to kill myself, but your impasioned plea brought me out of my funk. I dislike ramchop just because he advocates the kind of strategy that keeps teams at 6-10 for decades. He doesnt realize that when you completely start over, it looks messy at first, but is whats best in the long run. No patience whatsoever. He isn’t a realist, he is a red faced idiot who belongs on the post dispatch forums.
If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't come back, find it and kill it.
Private Pyle, I've certainly been called worse by better people. Gollllieee!
Promises. Promises. If you were really going to off yourself because of the Rams dilemma, how did you survive 2007, 2008 and 2009? I know; you keep saying to yourself over and over “next year, next year.”
PLUS
Theres something to be said about getting tro know your team before they’ve developed into contenders and more. Rebuilding through the draft has that as an advantage. I was a Blazer fan in 1973, look it up, we were terrible and had been since our inception in 1970. We were terrible for 3 more years, and it all came together in that 1977 second half. What made it all worth-while, and don’t think for a second that I realized this at the time, was the fact that I was familiar with the players and their little game time idiocyncrocies (sp).
Anyway, if we win in the future it would be more satisfying if it wasn’t with a bunch of short-term mercenary FAs, but rather real Rams, most of which were drafted or signed before they became well-known.
Also
as moose more eloquently suggests, you should be excited every year for the rams. EVERY YEAR.
If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't come back, find it and kill it.
Extremely well written and a great piece to read to start off my beautiful day down here in Costa Rica. I feel your passion. Now you can get a small taste of what it is like to be faithfully following this team since I can remember (I was born in ‘56). I am a native Californian and all of you great fans in MO, it’s posts like this one that make us CA Rams fans all the more your Ram brothers! Great post!
GO RAMS!!!
If it takes crap like this post to get you started on a beautiful day in Costa Rica.
No, I won’t go there.
Great post moose
although a bit of both worlds is what we all need sometimes you just have to jump past certain avatars. it helps.
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